Among the projects I am currently working on is a biography of the Edwardian-era English actress Edna Loftus. It is a bit of departure...

Of late, I have been busy with two projects. The first is my manuscript entitled (tentatively) "Let's Go Rob a Train" A History of Train...

I have just finished Doing What the Day Brought: An Oral History of Arizona Women, compiled by Mary Logan Rothchild and Pamela Claire...

Though most my previous books and articles have been about lawmen and outlaws and the justice system (if one can call it that) in the...

I started researching the Arizona Territorial Prison in Yuma, while writing a story about the so-called Gates Riot (actually an attempted...

Earlier today, April 14th, 2021, the Hashknife Pony Express came riding into Payson to deliver the mail, just as they do every year...

Last year, I began a manuscript of a rather personal nature. I began writing about the Reverend David Roberts, my great grandfather on my...

The manuscript for the Augustine Chacón book and the accompanying photos were delivered to the publisher in early December. I was told...

For years, the towns along the old Route 66 Highway in Arizona - Winslow, Kingman, Holbrook, Williams, Flagstaff, etc. - have survived,...

"What may transpire in this stagnant posture? Tradition multiplies where repetition reigns And the air smells of age..." - Faith and The...

Occasionally, while working on other projects, I will run across what seems an interesting person or topic. By way of example, there was...

The manuscripts are piling up here in the Grassé household waiting for the subsiding of Covid-19. First, there is the Augustine Chacón...

Some might construe I dislike the old West due to my predilection, in my writing, for tearing down cherished legends. This would be a...

Most people probably take the State Seal of Arizona for granted. It is an image that appears of government vehicles, flags, websites,...

I am not fan of John Wayne films. I think the best film Wayne ever made was The Searchers, and even that ended poorly. The racist...

In 2001, Michael M. Hickey published a huge tome (496 pages) entitled John Ringo: The Final Hours : A Tale of the Old West. In this...

When I first began researching my book on Augustine Chacón, I ran across an article, in a popular western history magazine, in which the...

I read recently that John Boessenecker has written a new book about Wyatt Earp. Be still my trembling heart. Just what we need - another...

Our esteemed town council, in reaction to the Covid 19 virus scare, closed the library I work at. At first they estimated the closure...